Definition of Petitioning. Meaning of Petitioning. Synonyms of Petitioning

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Definition of Petitioning

Petitioning
Petitioning Pe*ti"tion*ing, n. The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitioning
Petition Pe*ti"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Petitioning.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak.

Meaning of Petitioning from wikipedia

- Supervising Secretaries before the original written petition was sent to the emperor. The emergence of petitioning during the reign of Edward I of England (1272-1307)...
- The Petition of Right, p****ed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional do****ent setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...
- rulers to offer an avenue for the public to write petitions. In modern China the use of local petitioning bureaus remains common, however, those who remain...
- pages with titles containing Petition Petitioner, a legal party who pleads through use of a petition Supplication or petitioning, a form of prayer This disambiguation...
- An election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of a parliamentary election. When a petition is lodged against an election return...
- The Szilárd petition, drafted and circulated in July 1945 by scientist Leo Szilard, was signed by 70 scientists working on the Manhattan Project in Oak...
- The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts...
- three songs. Petitioning the Empty Sky was released and distributed through several different labels beginning in the mid 90s. Petitioning the Empty Sky...
- "The Beggar's Petition" (or "The Beggar") is a poem written by Thomas Moss and published anonymously in 1769 which "contains much pathetic and natural...
- The Global Warming Petition Project, also known as the Oregon Petition, is a group which urges the United States government to reject the Kyoto Protocol...